Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 225 319
Rank change year-on-year -147 +94 -64
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 467 684 870
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 1.39% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.54% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 238 303 509
10th Percentile £37,931 £48,450 £37,639
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £72,500 £68,338
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +6.09% +1.24%
75th Percentile £82,188 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £58,700
% change year-on-year - +6.47% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -127 428 £63,076 -13.00% 830
London -53 248 £71,121 -11.10% 417
Work from Home +35 245 £63,076 -2.96% 563
UK excluding London -182 175 £62,500 - 569
North of England -10 67 £63,076 -21.16% 114
North West +12 45 £85,000 +13.33% 54
South East -144 29 £42,500 -32.00% 153
East of England -21 28 £65,000 -9.72% 77
Midlands -41 24 £56,250 -17.58% 71
South West -85 22 £68,528 +14.21% 40
West Midlands -30 20 £58,750 -8.91% 31
Yorkshire -31 19 £60,850 -23.94% 40
Scotland +10 5 £85,000 +4.62% 76
East Midlands -33 4 £38,347 -46.18% 40
Wales -53 3 £69,501 +16.11% 34
North East -55 3 £63,076 -23.54% 20

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (2.78%) Confluence
3 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.07%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 53 (11.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 27 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (8.35%) Workfront
2 4 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.86%) Shopify
3 2 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.99%) AWS
2 69 (14.78%) SaaS
3 53 (11.35%) iPaaS
4 52 (11.13%) Azure
5 16 (3.43%) GCP
6 13 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.57%) GitHub
7 12 (2.57%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.93%) Figma
8 9 (1.93%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.71%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.28%) Asana
11 6 (1.28%) Pulumi
12 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.07%) Miro
13 4 (0.86%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (0.86%) Azure AI
13 4 (0.86%) H2O.ai
13 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (14.56%) Broadband
2 29 (6.21%) HTTP
3 10 (2.14%) WAN
4 8 (1.71%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.28%) Firewall
5 6 (1.28%) LAN
6 5 (1.07%) Network Security
6 5 (1.07%) NGN
7 4 (0.86%) MPLS
7 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.64%) WLAN
9 2 (0.43%) DNS
9 2 (0.43%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.43%) Intranet
9 2 (0.43%) Multicast
9 2 (0.43%) SAN
9 2 (0.43%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.21%) RS-232
10 1 (0.21%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (12.21%) Metadata
2 11 (2.36%) Power BI
3 7 (1.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.28%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.64%) Big Data
7 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.64%) Tableau
8 2 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.43%) Mixpanel
9 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Redis
9 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (6.00%) JIRA
2 6 (1.28%) Git
2 6 (1.28%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 155 (33.19%) Marketing
2 149 (31.91%) Social Skills
3 136 (29.12%) Finance
4 65 (13.92%) Banking
5 59 (12.63%) Retail
6 57 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (10.92%) Presentation Skills
8 48 (10.28%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (10.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 43 (9.21%) Law
11 32 (6.85%) Public Sector
12 28 (6.00%) Legal
13 22 (4.71%) Back Office
14 16 (3.43%) Manufacturing
15 15 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (3.00%) Italian Language
16 14 (3.00%) Retail Banking
17 11 (2.36%) German Language
18 10 (2.14%) Telecoms
19 9 (1.93%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 145 (31.05%) Product Manager
2 75 (16.06%) Product Owner
3 69 (14.78%) Lead
4 68 (14.56%) Senior
5 41 (8.78%) Senior Manager
6 38 (8.14%) Senior Product Manager
7 37 (7.92%) Software Engineer
8 30 (6.42%) Development Engineer
9 29 (6.21%) Software Development Engineer
10 23 (4.93%) Lead Software Engineer
11 19 (4.07%) Developer
12 16 (3.43%) Consultant
13 15 (3.21%) Platform Manager
13 15 (3.21%) Product Lead
14 14 (3.00%) Business Consultant
14 14 (3.00%) Business Development Consultant
14 14 (3.00%) Development Consultant
15 12 (2.57%) AWS Developer
15 12 (2.57%) Cloud Developer
15 12 (2.57%) Lead Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.64%) REST
2 8 (1.71%) PyTorch
2 8 (1.71%) TensorFlow
3 6 (1.28%) CSS
3 6 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.28%) HTML
3 6 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
4 5 (1.07%) LangChain
5 4 (0.86%) Keras
5 4 (0.86%) LangGraph
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.86%) Spring
5 4 (0.86%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.43%) FHIR
6 2 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.43%) Pandas
6 2 (0.43%) Plotly
6 2 (0.43%) React
6 2 (0.43%) Seaborn
6 2 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 165 (35.33%) Product Ownership
2 64 (13.70%) Social Media
3 54 (11.56%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (11.56%) Over-the-Top Content
4 36 (7.71%) Cloud Native
5 30 (6.42%) Public Cloud
6 19 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.64%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.57%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (1.93%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.71%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.71%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.28%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.28%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.00%) Linux
2 7 (1.50%) Unix
2 7 (1.50%) Windows
3 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 295 (63.17%) Roadmaps
2 214 (45.82%) Agile
3 134 (28.69%) Product Roadmap
4 128 (27.41%) Product Vision
5 107 (22.91%) Decision-Making
6 96 (20.56%) AI
6 96 (20.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 92 (19.70%) User Stories
8 88 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 84 (17.99%) Customer Experience
10 82 (17.56%) Product Backlog
11 77 (16.49%) Product Requirements
12 75 (16.06%) Sprint Planning
13 72 (15.42%) Mentoring
14 70 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
15 69 (14.78%) Software Engineering
16 68 (14.56%) Workflow
17 64 (13.70%) User Experience
18 63 (13.49%) Analytics
19 62 (13.28%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.99%) Java
2 26 (5.57%) Python
3 17 (3.64%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.57%) SQL
5 8 (1.71%) Bash
6 6 (1.28%) Bicep
6 6 (1.28%) Go
7 3 (0.64%) C++
7 3 (0.64%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.64%) PHP
7 3 (0.64%) R
8 2 (0.43%) C#
8 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 72 (15.42%) Degree
2 11 (2.36%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.93%) HND
3 9 (1.93%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) HNC
4 8 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.28%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.28%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.86%) CCNA
6 4 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.86%) CSPO
6 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.64%) CISSP
7 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.43%) ACCA
8 2 (0.43%) CBAP
8 2 (0.43%) CIMA
8 2 (0.43%) Dell Certification
8 2 (0.43%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.57%) QA
2 19 (4.07%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.36%) GDPR
4 10 (2.14%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.86%) PERC
5 4 (0.86%) SLA
6 2 (0.43%) DICOM
6 2 (0.43%) HL7
6 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.43%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.21%) GRC
7 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (2.57%) Docker
2 4 (0.86%) Firmware
3 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) vSphere
4 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (4.28%) Terraform
2 11 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.28%) Ansible
3 6 (1.28%) Argo
3 6 (1.28%) Kustomize
3 6 (1.28%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.43%) WSUS
6 1 (0.21%) Amdocs OSS
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 60 (12.85%) Adobe
2 47 (10.06%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.21%) Google
4 11 (2.36%) Oracle
5 10 (2.14%) Cisco
6 7 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.28%) Dell
8 5 (1.07%) Databricks
8 5 (1.07%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.07%) Juniper
9 4 (0.86%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.86%) Toshiba
10 3 (0.64%) Aderant
10 3 (0.64%) iManage
11 2 (0.43%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.43%) Intapp
11 2 (0.43%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.43%) VMware